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i would have thought cooper puts him onsidemystormboys wrote:Cooley has been sacked Cooper no try Norrie offside
You're spot on there. Until the Raiders learn to have a winning mentality of win at all costs, no matter what it takes, legal or illegal, in the spirit of the game or not, with good or bad sportsmanship, then they won't win.Storm Spirit wrote:Belcher's now the latest.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/nrl- ... 6290450290
i used to have time for what he had to say.
Not anymore.
The guy is an oxygen thief. We could give the oxygen he's using to someone more deserving.
The current and former Raiders players/staff must have the the most massive chip on their shoulder.
They must realise that their 2012 season is stuffed already by the vicious, nasty, spiteful and hated filled campaign they have started.
Here's a tip boys...put your efforts into working out how to win games rather than whinging/sooking/crying about the ones you weren't good enough to win.
Lucky they aren't in Wentworth Detention Centre...we all know what Bea Smith did to laggers in that joint.
Bit of a beat up, I think. This is the second time in the past year someone has kicked up a fuss about what we're doing on the field. In both situations, the NRL has said we're not doing anything wrong. Also, it's a bit of a stretch when the Raiders' coach sent in video of six tackles (and only two of them were a problem) out of how many made during the game? Between 3 and 400? Come on, now.Storm embroiled in WrestleMania IV
Brad Walter
March 7, 2012
The new season is just one week old and already the NRL is grappling with a new wrestling manoeuvre after the Raiders reported the Storm for a technique being termed the ''chin strap''.
MELBOURNE officials were left ''bewildered'' and ''disappointed'' after Canberra coach David Furner sent the NRL footage of six tackles by Storm players he claimed showed the club was employing a new wrestling technique.
NRL referees coach Russell Smith had already advised the Storm that two tackles by Todd Lowrie, including one in which he wrenches the jaw of former teammate Brett White, should have been penalised. Melbourne officials plan to speak to him about his actions.
However, the other four tackles were deemed to be acceptable and Storm football manager Frank Ponissi insisted the club had not spent the summer rehearsing the manoeuvre, which has been nicknamed the ''chin strap''.
''No one here has ever heard of the name 'chin strap' before today,'' Ponissi said.
It was claimed last night that the name had been coined by the Raiders wrestling coach.
The Herald was told that Canberra captain Terry Campese complained to the match officials about the Storm's tackling technique during the game, which Melbourne won 24-19 in controversial circumstances.
Complaints by other players after the match prompted Furner to send the footage to the NRL but Ponissi questioned why a story appeared in The Canberra Times yesterday before referees bosses Bill Harrigan and Stuart Raper had received the vision of the tackles. ''We are bewildered and disappointed to be brutally honest,'' Ponissi said.
''Except for the two minor incidents that were in the report [by Smith], which were exactly the same as the Canberra Raiders, we have no idea where this has come from.
''I have spoken to Stuart Raper and he and Bill Harrigan have looked at the incidents and they have told us quite categorically that there is absolutely nothing for us - or them - to worry about. If the NRL referees had an issue we would comply with it.''
Smith noted in his report that Lowrie should have been penalised for ''head contact'' with Blake Ferguson in the 22nd minute of the match and White in the 45th minute.
White could not recall the tackle when contacted by the Herald yesterday.
Smith also said the Raiders should have been penalised for lock Shaun Fensom using his arm as a lever and a ''facial'' by prop David Shillington.
Raper said Smith's report had been sent to the Raiders and Storm on Monday.
''There weren't any extra that we hadn't already seen,'' Raper said of the footage forwarded by Furner.
''For us it is another thing we just need to keep our eye on in regards to policing anything illegal in the tackle. People can put names to these things but our referees will just continue to be strong on any contact around the head.
''We saw a couple and we spoke to Melbourne about those, as if we have done with a lot of clubs about discipline aspects.''
The Storm have been blamed for introducing the ''grapple tackle'', ''chicken wing'' and ''crusher'' tackles to the game but officials insist that the club is now careful to avoid teaching their players any illegal wrestling holds.
The NRL match review committee have not noticed any new trend in games so far this season but former Raiders and Australian fullback Gary Belcher, who works as a commentator, said wrestling in the game was ''out of control''.
''You wonder how they sleep at night if they're doing stuff that could injure or harm other players; especially if it's around the head or the neck region,'' Belcher told Fox Sports.
''Every coach has had to focus on [slowing down the ruck] heavily for a lot of years now. They've really had to do a lot of work on their wrestling, it's just how it is.
''But when you start to look at tactics that are questionable, I think you've lost the plot, I think you've gone too far. We all want to win, but an attitude of win at all costs is just taking it too far.''
Coincidentally, Canberra players had a session of wrestling training yesterday.
Says it all reallyIt was claimed last night that the name had been coined by the Raiders wrestling coach.
Wonder if he taught it to Furner 
